#238A94#238A94

#238A94 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.090 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A94
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 148)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 6.8%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, -24.69, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 28.19, 208.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% -0.0819 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.09 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1245, 20.6706, 31.2039)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A94 #942D23

analogous

#239465 #238A94 #235194

triadic

#238A94 #94238A #8A9423

tetradic

#238A94 #652394 #942D23 #519423

square

#238A94 #652394 #942D23 #519423

split-complementary

#238A94 #942351 #946523

monochromatic

#0C2E31 #175C63 #238A94 #2FB8C5 #5ACDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#238A94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#238A94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A94

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A94	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.090 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71acb3',
    500: '#238a94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a94;
$custom-light: #71acb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.31,
    "s": 61.749,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58178,
    "c": 0.09024,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A94

secondary

#BC6057

accent

#5143E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A94

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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